Department of Urban Planning

Department of Urban Planning

Urban design is a collaborative and interdisciplinary process to improve the quality of the urban environment and it is used in different scales such as the design of sidewalks, streets, squares, and in wider levels of towns, cities, etc.

In order to advance urban design projects in accordance with the scale of the project and its goals, various tools are used, such as developing a development framework, criteria, guidelines, maps, etc.

The urban planning department of Mehraz Studio is ready to carry out various projects for any kind of urban space design and land preparation.

Urban Design

Urban design is a process that leads to the physical shaping of different urban and rural contexts. This field is part of the art of organizing physical space, which is closely related to various scientific and artistic fields such as urban planning, architecture, traffic and transportation, sociology, urban economy, and green space.

In the process of urban design, a deep understanding and analysis of the existing situation must be obtained first.

Field perception, investigation of historical background and changes, identification of place identity, knowledge of subjective and objective landscape, investigation of natural landscape, economic and social dimensions of the environment, traffic situation, safety and security and physical conditions are among these things.

Paying attention to prominent features, collecting information and analyzing it forms the basis of urban design.

The design should coordinate with the existing situation, facilities and limitations of the environment, and provide the correct function of the components and the best plan for the desired location, and it should be developed based on the needs of the users of the space.

Feasibility studies

Another area in which the Department of Urban Development and Urban Design is active is preparing feasibility studies for various projects.

Urban development plans in the cities of the country, especially in Tehran, have moved towards becoming flexible.

In this regard, within the framework of these development plans, the urban management has provided the ground that the owners of some lands and properties can use the power of qualified consultants to submit a feasibility plan (justification) in order to change the rules and laws related to their property.

Also, the detailed plans in some sub-areas have made the issuance of a building permit subject to the submission of a feasibility report and obtaining the necessary approvals. This policy has caused some urban planning consultants to enter this field in recent years.

The consulting engineers of Mehrazshahr, having legal authority and complete familiarity with the technical, legal and administrative process, are ready to provide services in the field of feasibility plans (justification) regarding real estate and land and obtain the necessary approvals from competent authorities such as the Article 5 Commission, the municipality and the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and It is architecture.

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In what cases do we need to prepare feasibility studies and submit them to the Article 5 Commission?

Request changes to the detailed plan

• Landuse change request
• Request to changing of zone
• Request to increase the density and the number of floors (increasing the density to a maximum of 11 floors is within the authority of the Article 5 Commission, and decision-making regarding higher densities is within the scope of the “Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture”).
• Removing the title of “established use” from the property in the detailed plan (uses such as parking, healthcare, sports, religious, cultural, recreational, green space)

Requests related to some areas in the framework of the detailed plan, including:

• • Separation or separation of all large-scale lands (more than one hectare)
  • Request for construction in areas S221, S222, G121 and G122, G211, G322, G323 and G324
  • Request for construction in development and renovation reserve lands,